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Connecticut Proposes Mandatory Forensic Investigation and Reporting for Large Scale Data Breaches
Connecticut lawmakers have introduced legislation that, if enacted, would significantly expand breach-response obligations for organizations affected by large-scale cybersecurity incidents. As proposed, Raised Senate Bill 117 (SB 117), would create a new category of “massive” data breaches and impose mandatory forensic investigation and reporting requirements that go well beyond Connecticut’s existing breach notification framework….By: Alston…
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Token Fraud Decision Sets Limits on Crypto Platform Liability
On March 2, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down another attempt by users of the decentralized crypto exchange, Uniswap Labs, to pin fraud by token issuers on the platform enabling the tokens’ trading. The decision in Risley v. Uniswap, No. 22-cv-02780, 2026 WL 572065, came on remand…
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Emerging Issues and What to Watch for in 2026
Welcome to the first chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2025 Year in Review. As Goodwin anticipated in our 2024 Year in Review, 2025 witnessed a fundamental shift in the consumer financial services regulatory landscape….By: Goodwin
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Co‑Worker Immunity Applies Only When Both Employees Are Acting in the Course of Employment At The Time of Injury
John Brown v. George Gaydos ; No. 22 WAP 2024; decided February 18, 2026; by Justice Mundy. In this case, Brown, an employee, was injured on the job with American Concrete Solutions (ACS) while attempting to enter a skid loader when a hydraulic arm caught his body, crushing him between the top of the cab…
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You Just Saved Us a Lawsuit: $22.5M Verdict Redefines Ohio Employer Accommodations
On March 18, 2026, an Ohio jury delivered what may be the most consequential employer-accommodation verdict in the state’s history, and it was not even brought as an accommodation case….By: Dickinson Wright
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For Your Consumption | March 2026: An Accurate Account of Servings Per Container
Welcome to the latest edition of For Your Consumption, our food & beverage digest of court cases and litigation trends affecting the food, beverage, agribusiness, and cosmetics industries. This edition, a plaintiff tells but doesn’t show their independent testing, a boneless wings complaint doesn’t fly, and artificial may not taste quite as sweet. Bon appétit!…
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Another Attempt at a Roundup Class Action Settlement
Monsanto and its parent Bayer recently announced that they had reached a proposed class action settlement to resolve most claims alleging Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) caused by exposure to Roundup weed killer. See King v. Monsanto, No. 2622-CC00325 (Mo. Circ. Ct. Feb. 17, 2026). Over 52,000 Roundup claims based on NHL involving over 125,000 plaintiffs have…
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Executing Electronic Waste Manifests Under Superfund Contracts – Enforcement Models/Interagency Agreements: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Guidance Document
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Land and Emergency Management distributed a February 17th guidance document titled: Executing Electronic Waste Manifests Under Superfund Contracts, Enforcement Models, and Interagency Agreements (“Guidance”)….By: Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,
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Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Military Campaign to Wind Down and Plans National Address
“We will be leaving very soon,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office. A few hours later, the White House said Mr. Trump would provide “an important update on Iran” on Wednesday evening.
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Putin’s Internet Blackout: A Chaotic Drive to Cut Off Russians From the World
With new outages and blockages, President Vladimir V. Putin is taking his boldest steps yet to control Russians’ communications.
